CocoLoco

About Me

I'm 30somethingish years old and live in Pflugerville, TX, which is the Austin area. I have a husband, three feline furkids, and no children. I spend my free time either hiking and enjoying nature (we do a lot of geocaching), going to events in and around Austin, knitting, and watching horror movies. I'm not much of a social butterfly, but I hate being cooped up for too long. Oh, I also play HerInteractive's series of Nancy Drew games. I've played them all multiple times.

COLORS:
My favorites are in the blue, green, purple family, but also red and yellow. And of course, black, brown, grey, and white. I'm not a HUGE fan of orange, but I've been trying to expand my color horizons. I've even used a few yarns for projects that have a lot of orange, so I'm coming around to it. My kitchen is teal and copper, but when it comes to dishcloths, I'm happy with any color.

POSTCARDS:

I prefer postcards stamped and written. I like UNESCO site cards, view and multi views, any art or artist related, pop culture, or recipe cards. I'm really not that picky, though. I'm just happy to get something in the mail that isn't junk.

Things I like:

Gummy Bears. All of the gummy bears. Except Haribo. Almost all of the gummy bears. :P

Favorite Crafts

Knitting and crochet; cross stitch and embroidery; I'm getting into beading, but mostly to make stitch markers for knitting; cooking and baking; I can kind of sew a straight line, but I'm learning to do better; gardening; houseplants, including orchids and African violets

Favorite Books

Pet Sematary and The Dark Tower by Stephen King; the Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris; the Rachel Morgan series by Kim Harrison; the Harry Dresden series by Jim Butcher; Rebecca by Daphne duMaurier; anything by A. Lee Martinez; the Sandman Slim series by Richard Kadrey; His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman; Harry Potter; David Copperfield by Charles Dickens; Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle; Neil Gaiman's YA fiction; Dune by Frank Herbert; the Pine Deep trilogy by Johnathan Maberry; Edgar Allan Poe; hard-boiled and noir mysteries; Bentley Little; Richard Laymon; Frankenstein by Mary Shelley; the whole Lecter series by Thomas Harris; A Skeleton in the Family by Leigh Perry; The White Trash Zombie series by Diana Rowland; A Bewitching Mystery series by Madelyn Alt; Rizzoli and Isles series by Tess Gerritsen; The Tale of Rawhead and Bloody Bones by Jack Wolf; Hunter S. Thompson; The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls by Claire LeGrand; Gillespie and I by Jane Harris; Cadfael series by Ellis Peters; the Johannes Cabal series by Johnathan L. Howard; The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova; the Women of the Otherworld series by Kelley Armstrong;

I'm also a sucker for cozy mysteries, especially the supernatural ones. I know they're super cheesy, but I love them.

Comment: Hi Courtney, I received my package and I do like the pastel dishcloth. It also reminds me of candy! Thank you also for the peppermint soap. Peppermint is so soothing. Happy swapping. Sandy (Teddybear)

Comment: Love this very pretty star to shine a light in my kitchen :) I have not made this pattern and I thought it to be a great one for the summer holidays so I had to look it up!! Thank you so much.

Response: Damn. I was going to print it off and send it, but cutting close to the deadline I forgot. This is the one I used: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/starfish-washcloth-2

Comment: Thanks. I don't read this genre, 'though I remember how popular this book was when I was much younger. Your paper is delightful. Thanks for the book mark and the tea, a new kind for me to try.

Response: You're welcome! I currently have a love/hate relationship with the book. I love the writing, hate the main character. :/